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[–] Ameripol@lemmy.world 102 points 3 days ago (23 children)

Is this the same guy who wrote the Harry Potter Rationalism fan-fic and started the ai worshipping cult?

[–] juliebean@lemmy.zip 20 points 2 days ago (17 children)

from my understanding, the ai cult initially sprang up on the forum he hosted (hosts? idk), but he didn't exactly start it, any more than Queen Elizabeth II invented punk rock.

but he did write the fanfic, and it's honestly pretty good. low bar i know, but dude's a better author than jowling ever was, and i definitely recommend it to anyone into HP fanfics.

[–] vga@sopuli.xyz -1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Possibly the only thing more annoying than Yudkowsky are the anonymous online people who think they figured him out. Many of them are in these threads.

https://hpmor.com/ for anyone else with delusions of literary grandeur.

[–] juliebean@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] vga@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Sure, of course, and not liking things can be done without psychoanalyzing the author and it does not require feeling superior to them or ridiculing them.

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